Will the contaminant hypothesis of modern obesity be judged true by expert consensus before 2032?
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Long-term clone of this market with a closing date 10 years out instead of 3: https://manifold.markets/LarsDoucet/will-the-contaminant-hypothesis-of ----- The contaminant theory of modern obesity posits that environmental contaminants cause the modern plague of obesity and explains why reasonable intuitions like “calories in, calories out” aren’t sufficient: https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2021/07/07/a-chemical-hunger-part-i-mysteries/ But is it true? In ten years let’s see if expert consensus (judged as experts I personally deem to be credible and worth listening to) accepts the hypothesis. For my standards this will require a burden of solid evidence backed replicated research. Closes early if consensus is reached early. Apr 5, 11:28am: Tags #Obesity #Medicine #Science #SlimeMoldTimeMold #Chemistry #Nutrition
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How does this resolve if it's found to be a small fraction of what's otherwise multifactorial causation?

bought Ṁ10 of YES

The problem is the sort of studies that would point to this unambiguously (RCT under metabolic ward conditions) are no longer performed, and nutrition research is mostly a monument of rubbish as a result. For example, you can still find papers trying to decide at what point between eating 1 egg per day and 2 eggs per day would cause someone to drop dead--all based on p-hacking and dietary recall questionnaires! My personal suspicion is that obesogens are 30% likely to play an important role, so assuming a 1/3 chance over 10 years that the epistemological situation in this scientific community improves sufficiently, that would yield a 10% chance.

I don't trust this random AI app further than I can throw it, but just asking it for fun and it says the results are mixed:

https://consensus.app/results/?q=Is%20the%20chemical%20obesogen%20hypothesis%20true%3F&meter=on

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Plastic + soy + low-quality food

Are there examples of experts OP considers credible at the moment? For comparison.
bought Ṁ20 of NO
I am very intrigued by the hypothesis but 30% seems too high